Step 2 of our marketing framework is all about reaching out to your existing customers and subscribers via email. Before that point, though, you need a robust email service provider (ESP), and at least one relevant opt-in offer (with a subscribe form) on your site. Once you have the means to capture emails and something valuable to attract customers to submit their addresses, then you need a plan for following up with those interested parties. Sure, you can send monthly newsletters, but setting up an automation series is far more efficient.

Benefits of Email Automation Series

Each new subscriber receives the same information regardless of when they subscribe.

You are providing each new subscriber with consistent information immediately after they sign up, at the time when they are most likely to open and respond to your messages.

Email automation is like the slow cooker (or electric pressure cooker!)—you set it and forget it. You do the work once and reap the benefits week after week, and month after month for hundreds or thousands of subscribers.

Email automations can serve as opt-in offers themselves. For example, take an ebook and divide it into an education series, delivered chapter by chapter in a series of emails.

Email Automation Service from homeschool.marketing

Based on our insights from your marketing assessment, we work with you to plan and implement an email automation series of 5-10 emails. This service includes the following assistance:

determining the best content for an autoresponder

writing and editing the content (Your assistance is necessary at this step, but we can flesh out an outline or dress up a rough draft.)

formatting the emails in your ESP and setting up triggers

creating opt-in forms and installing them on your WordPress site

Investment: $700-1100

We work with the following ESPs:

MailChimp

ConvertKit

Robly

Mad Mimi

If you are using another service (such as Constant Contact or Aweber), we suggest you move to one of the ESPs above because they are more modern, have more features, and are easier to use. Ask about our migration services.

Single Email Critique Service from homeschool.marketing

Do you have an email that you'd like a critique for? We can help you hone all aspects of your message:

subject lines

preview text

copy and messaging

headlines

images

layout

call to action

Whether you are spending money on an email campaign (eblast) or simply not seeing the return you'd like on your regular emails (often called newsletters), let us take a look and show you how to improve your email marketing efforts.

Investment: $100

Send a preview of your email to info@homeschool.marketing. Let us know you'd like a critique. It's as simple as that! We'll invoice you and unlock the keys to making your email more effective. What you learn on a single email critique can be applied again and again for future emails.